The goal is to measure if the activity changed participants’ thinking, awareness, or motivated them to take new, independent action
Creative Artifact Workshop – Evaluation Method 19 About This Project Reproductive Citizenship (ReproCit) ReproCit is a comparative, all-island research study examining how the historic legalisation of abortion in Ireland (2018) and Northern Ireland (2019) has shaped the sense of belonging – or reproductive citizenship – of people who can become pregnant. The study combines qualitative…
Situated Listening – Evaluation Method 07 About This Project DRIFT Lagan DRIFT was a floating pavilion on Belfast’s River Lagan, commissioned by Belfast 2024 as part of a city-wide programme of creative projects. A collaboration between OGU Architects, MMAS, and sonic artist Matilde Meireles, it used architecture, sound, and curated public events to reopen public…
Living Library – Evaluation Method REF 15 About This Project International Roma Day Living Library — Belfast City Hall As part of a three-day International Roma Day festival, a Living Library was hosted in the Great Hall of Belfast City Hall, bringing together five Roma women as “human books” available for open conversation with members…
Storyboarding – Evaluation Method 14 About This Project Transplantation Tales Transplantation Tales is a public health education project led by researchers at Queen’s University Belfast, School of Nursing and Midwifery. Working with secondary school pupils, the project used creative storyboarding to raise awareness of kidney disease and organ donation, with winning entries shortlisted for animation…
Interactive Activity Book – Evaluation Method 1 About This Project Care Pathways and Outcomes Study A longitudinal study exploring how children who entered care before the age of five were faring across different placement types in Northern Ireland. The research team developed bespoke creative tools — post boxes, sticker posters, and an illustrated activity book…
Sensory Dice Walk – Evaluation Method 3 About This Project Creative Ethnographies: Sensory Walks Across Borders Maruška Svašek developed a playful, dice-driven sensory walking method as part of her ethnographic research and teaching at Queen’s University Belfast. The method has been used across multiple international projects, from Belfast’s peace walls to the streets of Delhi,…
AI-Powered Conversational Evaluation – Evaluation Method 7 About This Project Co-Creating with Machines: AI in the Creative Industries A full-day event exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and creative practice. The day featured six speakers, interactive breakout sessions using Padlet, and culminated in a live performance combining improvised music, AI-cloned voice narration, real-time visuals built…
Model Making for Connection – Evaluation Method 8 About This Project Cementless Concrete Housing Co-Design A cross-national research project exploring how geopolymer (cementless) concrete could be used to build low-income housing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Residents of six PPR public housing estates were invited to physically design their ideal homes using scale models — surfacing…
Object-Based Participant Auto-Ethnography – Evaluation Method 07 About This Project Many Memories, Many Voices (MMMV) MMMV is a public engagement and research project that invites people living in Northern Ireland and Ireland to share memories, stories, and personal objects connected to colonialism and the British Empire. Through auto-ethnographic interviews, creative writing, visual art, and object-sharing,…
The Celebration Evaluation — Creative Evaluation Method Case Study About This Project Bank of Ideas — Belfast City Council Bank of Ideas is a participatory budgeting programme run by Belfast City Council that gives individuals, unconstituted groups, and small community organisations a low-barrier route to small grants for creative community projects. Each year, project holders…
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